SIEM Jobs in the South East

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for SIEM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SIEM over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 166 278
Rank change year-on-year -83 +112 +10
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 147 288 219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.88% 1.98% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 2.10% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 119 118 155
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,025 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,313 £50,688 £37,267
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +2.57%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,188 £80,625
90th Percentile £81,500 £77,875 £92,300
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,100 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.40% -1.38% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

SIEM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,172 13,729 18,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.50% 94.52% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,870 8,011 11,959
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the South East

SIEM
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SIEM in the South East.

Salary trend for SIEM in the South East

SIEM
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the South East over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SIEM in the South East

SIEM
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -40 80 £50,000 -25.93% 13
Berkshire +1 44 £57,500 -13.21% 11
Buckinghamshire -12 35 £45,000 -45.45%
Hampshire -43 31 £70,000 +7.69% 9
Surrey -42 21 £72,500 +9.43% 4
West Sussex +15 4 £52,500 - 1
Middlesex - 2 - - 1
Oxfordshire +4 1 £36,500 -39.17% 2
Sussex - 1 - -
SIEM
England

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.72%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 54 (36.73%) Azure
2 37 (25.17%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
4 16 (10.88%) AWS
5 12 (8.16%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (5.44%) Power Platform
7 6 (4.08%) Twilio
8 2 (1.36%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.36%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.68%) GitHub
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.68%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.68%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (30.61%) Firewall
2 28 (19.05%) Intrusion Detection
3 16 (10.88%) DNS
3 16 (10.88%) Network Security
4 15 (10.20%) Internet
5 11 (7.48%) VPN
6 10 (6.80%) DKIM
6 10 (6.80%) DMARC
7 9 (6.12%) TCP/IP
8 8 (5.44%) SD-WAN
9 6 (4.08%) DHCP
9 6 (4.08%) Wireless
10 2 (1.36%) SAN
10 2 (1.36%) VoIP
10 2 (1.36%) WAN
11 1 (0.68%) LAN
11 1 (0.68%) SSL
11 1 (0.68%) tcpdump
11 1 (0.68%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.44%) Power BI
2 3 (2.04%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.68%) Hadoop
General
1 31 (21.09%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 17 (11.56%) Finance
4 11 (7.48%) Marketing
5 5 (3.40%) Retail
6 3 (2.04%) Banking
7 2 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.36%) Legal
7 2 (1.36%) Publishing
7 2 (1.36%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.68%) Games
Job Titles
1 56 (38.10%) Analyst
2 33 (22.45%) Architect
3 30 (20.41%) Security Analyst
4 25 (17.01%) SOC Analyst
5 23 (15.65%) Network Architect
6 22 (14.97%) Senior
7 17 (11.56%) Senior Analyst
8 16 (10.88%) Security Engineer
9 15 (10.20%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 11 (7.48%) Information Analyst
10 11 (7.48%) Information Security Analyst
11 10 (6.80%) Lead
11 10 (6.80%) Senior Security Analyst
12 9 (6.12%) Security Manager
13 8 (5.44%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
13 8 (5.44%) SOC Engineer
14 7 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 7 (4.76%) Security Architect
15 5 (3.40%) Cloud Engineer
15 5 (3.40%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (23.13%) Management Information System
2 33 (22.45%) Security Operations Centre
3 23 (15.65%) Cyber Threat
4 18 (12.24%) Cyberattack
5 13 (8.84%) Client/Server
6 11 (7.48%) Security Posture
7 10 (6.80%) Data Centre
8 8 (5.44%) Social Media
9 7 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (3.40%) iPad
10 5 (3.40%) Onboarding
11 4 (2.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (2.72%) Operational Technology
12 3 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (2.04%) IoT
12 3 (2.04%) Private Cloud
13 2 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
14 1 (0.68%) Mainframe
14 1 (0.68%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 36 (24.49%) Windows
2 12 (8.16%) Windows Server
3 11 (7.48%) Linux
4 5 (3.40%) Kali Linux
5 2 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (58.50%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (42.18%) Incident Response
3 60 (40.82%) Security Operations
4 35 (23.81%) Vulnerability Management
5 30 (20.41%) Information Security
6 29 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (19.73%) SOAR
7 26 (17.69%) Computer Science
8 23 (15.65%) Network Management
9 21 (14.29%) Cloud Security
10 19 (12.93%) Presales
11 18 (12.24%) Kalman Filter
12 15 (10.20%) ITIL
13 14 (9.52%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 13 (8.84%) Incident Management
14 13 (8.84%) Network Design
14 13 (8.84%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 12 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
15 12 (8.16%) Penetration Testing
15 12 (8.16%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.44%) Kusto Query Language
2 7 (4.76%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.40%) Python
4 2 (1.36%) SQL
4 2 (1.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (25.17%) Security Cleared
2 32 (21.77%) CISSP
3 31 (21.09%) SC Cleared
4 29 (19.73%) Degree
5 20 (13.61%) CompTIA Security+
5 20 (13.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (8.16%) DV Cleared
6 12 (8.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (4.08%) MCP
7 6 (4.08%) MCSA
8 5 (3.40%) AWS Certification
8 5 (3.40%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.72%) CEH
9 4 (2.72%) GCFE
9 4 (2.72%) GIAC
10 3 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.04%) CISM
10 3 (2.04%) GCIA
11 2 (1.36%) CISA
11 2 (1.36%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (11.56%) NIST
3 12 (8.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (7.48%) PCI DSS
5 8 (5.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (3.40%) GRC
8 4 (2.72%) GDPR
8 4 (2.72%) NCSC
9 1 (0.68%) COBIT
9 1 (0.68%) IASME
9 1 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (7.48%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.36%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.68%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (5.44%) CASB
2 5 (3.40%) Suricata
3 3 (2.04%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.68%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.68%) Nessus
4 1 (0.68%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.68%) QRadar
4 1 (0.68%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 51 (34.69%) Microsoft
2 23 (15.65%) Splunk
3 12 (8.16%) Cisco
4 8 (5.44%) McAfee
5 7 (4.76%) Juniper
5 7 (4.76%) VMware
6 6 (4.08%) Palo Alto
6 6 (4.08%) Rapid7
7 4 (2.72%) Darktrace
7 4 (2.72%) LogRhythm
8 3 (2.04%) Computacenter
9 2 (1.36%) ArcSight
9 2 (1.36%) Facebook
9 2 (1.36%) Forcepoint
9 2 (1.36%) Qualys
9 2 (1.36%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.36%) Varonis
10 1 (0.68%) AlienVault
10 1 (0.68%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.68%) Citrix